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Bill Schwartz Confident He’ll
Land Vols in First Division
NASHVILLE. TENN., Aug 10.
Having added materially to
the pitching and batting
strength of the Volunteers by the
addition of Pitcher Jimmy West,
of Toledo, and Outfielder Jud On
ly. of Brooklyn. Manager Schwartz,
la noyr confident of landing In the
first division before the curtain falls
on the 1912 Southern league race
Nashville has been playing a
splendid game of ball during the
past month and a half and
Schwarts now seems to have a well
balanced machine During th< re
mainder of the season the Volun
teers can be expected to give a
good account of themselves with
every team In the circuit In their
fight to land In the upper four.
Mobile and Birmingham, the two
"leading teams of the league, are
the only ones the local fans con
sider out of Nashville’s reach.
Following West's throe-hit g: me
against the Pelicans here Wediv s
day it was demonstrated that
Nashville has another winning
pitcher to depend on for the rest of
the season and all of the twirlers
are now going good, with the ex
ception of Teddy Bair, the spitball
hurier. who was one of the sen
sations of the league last season
Bair Slated to Go.
Bair hasn’t the “stuff" this sea
son that made him so formidable
tn 1911 and It Is highly probable
that he will not return in 1913.
Hie spltters have lost their "break"
and he Is forced to fall ba< k on his
•■peed and head, which Is not
enough to pull him through a win
ner.
In Rudolph Summers, the Cen
tral league southpaw. Manager
Schwartz has the leading pitcher
of the league at the present time,
and It is probable that he will be
called to the big leagues before the
season is over Summers has been
FODDER FOR FANS
Th* Boston Rrd Pox h&v* onlv two irg
ulars who are batting over .300, Speaker,
of course, and Gardner. However, the
club has a team batting average of .279.
That will be useful against the Giants
• • •
"Polly" Parntt, the best p«tchc> of the
Fort Worth club, has been sold to Loo
Angelas
• • •
With Leech and Iwifleld going gr eat tor
nadoes for the Cubs, with Artie Hofrnan
sick and King Cole suspended In the
Pirates It becomes evident that Frank
Chance is entitled to the title of the
Peerless Trader
• • •
Louisville has a southpaw
named Clemmons He hails from Buffalo
Center, lowa
s • •
Says L. C, Davin. “Despite his many
campaigns neath the blistering sun I'lan'k
shows no signs of being warped
■ ■ •
If. a-s has been alleged, "They never
come back.” the Cracker outlook is ghast
ly. They’ve "been away a couple of
years now It will probably take at least
an injunction to restrain them from this
finishing last stuff
They nearly had a riot in a i event Ath- j
letics-Biown game When J mmj Austin!
was scoring from third Catcher Lapp put
his mask on the middle of home plate to •
annoy Jimmy. It annoyed him He I
picked up the mask and threw it as far
as he could. Words followed and '
were promised when Empire Han cut in
and ended it.
• * •
For two years the Detroit team was I
lucky to win three games a season from
the Highlanders This year the\ have
taken 9 out of 11. Which shows that
jinx* die and goats return sometimes
• * a
Just byway of doing something origi
naJ, Manager Hank Rainses, of the 'l’t o
team, will take a club of New York State
league players to Cuba this fall
♦ ♦ •
Jimmy Me A leer has shown that he
learned something about managing a bail
club by managing one Since he has
been president of the Boston Red Sox he
has left the management entirely to
Stahl And Stahl has done the rest.
Being canned by Nashville seems tn b*
stimulating When Schwarts fired Pitcher
the backbone of the team and has
won considerably, despite the poor
showing of the team at the first of
the year. Earl Fleharty seems to
have discarded his "bean ball”
since he injured Ellam at Birming
ham and Is pitching fair ball with
out it. There is no denying, how
ever, that It was his chief asset
during the first part of the season.
He and Charley Case can bo de
pended on to win a majority of
their games during the remainder
of the season.
Manager Schwartz would be fool
ish to’ entertain any high Habita
tions for tills season, but he is
bending all of his •efforts toward
getting a winning team for 1913.
Krom the present outlook, every
member of the local team will be
back next season, with the proba
ble exception of Summers, who
has a chance to stick in the big
long ties
Brooklyn May Want James.
Manager Schwartz is sure to re
turn. and Lattimore, Lindsay and
Perry will lie back for Infield jobs.
In tile outfield Harry Welehonce,
one of the leading hitters of the
league; Jud Daly, Del Young and
Je«se James will return, unless
James is recalled by Brooklyn at
the end of the present season. All
of these men are good hitters and
fast fielders and base runners and
there is no doubt but the local out
field will be a strong one when the
1913 season opens.
It is probable that Schwartz will
begin a hunt for a hard hitting
third baseman and second sacker
during the winter, since Lattimore
Is not a very good batsman and
Perry is liable to have one of his
annual slumps at third. With two
more fas' Infielders and a good
pitching staff, the locals look for
midable for the coming season, al
though It Is far advanced
Brandt he went tn Texas and pitched a
fourteen-innlng no-hit game Neel\ was
turned over to Clarksville the other da\
and his first time out pitched a no-hit
game The speed of the company may
have had something to do with it
• • •
lavender is a great pitcher in the Na
tional league this year, but they say he
Is the most amazingly had hatter that
baseball history ever recorded
• • •
Connie Mack keeps right on signing col
legians His latest acquisition is Robert
Stevenson, great football and baseball per
former at the i’niversity of Minnesota
♦ • •
Johnny Siegle has shown such clans as
manager in the Southeastern league this
A ear that he is really entitled to HJiother
try in fast company this time as a mo
gul
• • •
Thex are wishing a lot of managers on
Chattanooga for next season One of the
latest is Norman Elberfeld. They might
do worse hut they’d have to go some
• • •
Polly Stark Is batting 840 with Buffalo
• • •
Baseball critics are waking up to the
fact that one factor in John McGraw’s
success is the use of intelligent eoachers
at third Manx m game is w one or lust
right there
• • •
’Theodore Goulalt, recent 1\ grabbed
from Springfield by Indianapolis, is th©
sirike-uut king of the year. He has
fanned 156 men in 130 innings, averaging
better than a strike-out to an inning
* * ♦
Oh yes. another collegian recently
grabbed by Connie Mack whs Peter Big
ler. Os Juniata college. it must ha\e
taken some scouting even to find that col
lege
Shucks another prevarication punc
tured President Gaffney denies that he
will let Kling out and put Jennings in
his placp
• • •
Barney Dreyfuss ;s trying to land Jim
Thorpe, the world’s greatest all-round
athlete Jim played great hall at Car-
| lisle and if lie takes < are of himself mav
become a grand b’g league performer
• • •
Gordon Mt I»u1* who has been playing
with \nmston, has taken a job with Co
lumbus. Ga
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST ]Q. 1912.
•Crackers Get Away This Afternoon for 16-Game Trip; Wilt Visit 6 Cities
THIS JAUNT IS PART OF 1913 TRAINING SEASON
By Percy 11. Whiting.
rrVoDAY'S game, if there is any
j game—which looked highly
improbable as this went to
the typewriter, but quite possible
as It goes to press— ends the home
stay of the Cracker club. Rain or
shine, the Crackers depart on an
early train for .New Orleans this
afternoon, to be gone until Sep
tember 2.
Here is the schedule of the
Crackers’ road trip:
At New Orleans August 11. 12, 13.
At Mobile August 16, 17, IS.
At Birmingham August 19, 20, 21.
At Montgomery August 24. 25.
At Nashville August 27, 28.
At Chattanooga August 29, 30,31
It’s a pretty tough row tp hoe.
all right, by a tail-end team. But
there’s this about it— the club has
nothing either to gain or to lose.
And Manager Alperman will be
able to work his players around
any old way and to get a corking
good line on their possibilities.
The coming trip will really be a
part of the 1913 training season.
Manager Alperman knows that
nothing he can do in the way of
winning games for the rest of this
season will make any difference
and that the main chance is to find
out as much as he can about his
men. For next season will soon be
rolling around, with a new deck
and a new deal.
♦ • ♦
Tp HE baseball situation doesn't
furnish a peculiarly alluring
proposition for next year. It Is to
be imped that the Georgia Railway
and Power Company will hold the
franchise. They don’t have to. If
they cared to make the price rea
sonably low they could sell it.
However, they have shown them
selves such good spenders and such
game losers that Atlanta is not
likely to better itself by a change
tn ownership.
It is tc be boned also that the
Here’s How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
! Right Up to Date
These averages include Ml games
played Hits season:
Players. G. AB. R. H. Av.
Becker, p.. . . 8 20 1 fl .300
Harbison, ss. . 46 150 IS 44 .293
Alperman. 2b. . 1 111 379 54 101 .267
Bailey. If 101 351 64 93 .265
Graham, c. . . . 44 133 15 34 .256
Callahan, If . . . 59 232 24 56 .241
Agler, lb. . . 38 119 19 28 .235
McElveen. 3b. . .107 355 45 89 .231
Sitton, p 21 50 • 8 .160
Bradv. p 17 51 2 7 .137
Lyons, rs 9 23 2 3 .130
Reynolds, c. .. . 7 19 2 2 .105
Waldorf, p 5 14 0 0 .000
Duggleby, p. . . 2 5 0 0 .000
REPORT THAT DAUBERT
IS TO LEAD DODGERS
NEW YORK. Aug 10 Manager Bill
Dahlen. of the Brooklyn National
h ague baseball teain. is Io be deposed
In favor of .lake Daubert, the star first
sacker, according to a persistent rumor
In baseball circles here today. Al
though Charles F. Ebbets. president of
the Brooklyn club, denies that the
change is under contemplation, the ru
mor came from a reliable source, and
adds that the change will take place at
the end of the season.
JOE JEANNETTE STOPS
GRIFFIN IN 3 ROUNDS
SCRANTON. PA. Aug 10.-Joe
Jeannette was an eas\ winner over
Hank Griffin here last night This was
Jeannette's first appearance since he
claimed th» world's heavy-weight title,
and he made good by stopping Griff
tn three rounds, A right hand smash
sent Griffin through the topes and he
was all in The referee stopped the
bout.
G. R. & P. Co. can prevail on the
present board of directors to serve
another year. Constant changes in
the board are bad. There Is a
world of technical information that
those who serve as heads of a base
ball association must know. It
takes a year at least to become
really familiar with the duties and
the “technique” of the job. The
present board has served as well
as anybody in the world could. If
they can be prevailed upon to be
“it” for another year it will be
helpful.
• • •
•pHE big question that the board
of directors must face is that
of naming a manager. The wretch
ed position of the Cracker club
since Bill Smith left has been, in
a large measure, due to the man
agers. Otto Jordan is one of the
best men the sun ever shone on.
But Otto doesn't happen to be a
manager.
It isn’t any discredit to a man
not to be a manager. He might
make a fine president of the Unit
ed States or an excellent king, and
yet be a punk manager. Being a
successful manager is a peculiarly
complicated calling. If a man fails
at it he fails, and that ends it. As
"Barney” Bernard, of the Cleve
land club, remarked the other day,
‘There have only been a few' man
agers In the world, anyway—and
most of ’em are dead.”
Hemphill was considerably worse
as a failure than anybody else At
lanta ever had. because he couldn't
keep either himself or his men In
line. And yet it looked at the first
of this season as though Hemphill
was the ideal manager. He was
experienced. intelligent, earnest,
respected by his former team
mates, on terms of friendship with
big league managers. But he failed.
It Is up to the baseball associa
tion to select a man who can take
the backing given a mogul here in
Atlanta and manufacture a ball
RACING ENTRIES
AT HAMILTON.
FIRST Purse, maiden 2 year olds.
5 furlongs Spring fp 105. Jewel of
Asia 105. Rrynarv 105, Burnt Candle
108, Fatty Grub ’ill, Lewin 111, Tea
Rose 112, Paris Queen 112. Gerrard
112. Confido 112, Scallywag 115. Far
rier 115. Also eligible: Hollybrook 98,
Martin Amorous 105.
SECOND—-Sellinfc, 3 year olds and
up. mile and a sixteenth: ‘Bouncing
Lass 90. Apiaster 100, James Dockery
100, ‘Husky Lad 102, War Horn. 104.
Caliph 104. Leopold 107, George S.” Da
vis 108. Noon 108, I>ad of Langdon 108,
Pulka 111, Rollingstone 114. Also eli
gible: ‘Rev 92.
THlßD—Beaver handicap, steeple
chase. 3 year olds and up, 2 miles: Rux
ton 183, Steve Lane 135. Luckola 148.
High Bridge 154, “Thlstlemass 130.
St. Abe 160. (“Parr & Ross entry).
FOURTH—Sandringham plate, 3
year olds and up, mile and an eighth:
Duvall 100, Sotemia 103, Countless 108,
Frog Legs 110. Adams Express 115.
FIFTH Selling. 2 year olds. 6 fur
longs: ‘Marie T. 95. Barbara Worth
96, Fix tn Night 102, Ragusa 105 ‘Frei
Levy 105. ‘Vollta 106. Old Coin 107,
Tankard IOS Flitter Foot 110, ‘Flab
bet g.ist ill, Dorlon 114
SIXTH Civic holiday handicap. 3
year olds and up. 6 furlongs: Chryse
mls 91. Mediator 100. Rosseaux 105 La
hore 108. Guy Fisher 110. Winter Green
113, xxSun Queen 90, xxWorth 119
(xxHallenback entry).
SEVENTH —Selling. 3 year olds and
up, mile on turf: Commoner’s Touch
95, Hedge 95. ‘Bachelor Girl 96. Alleen
99. ‘The Rump 101, Shelby 104 ‘Fal
cada 104 Napier 106. Edith Inez 110.
•John Reardon 111. Pluvlus 111. Ozana
116. Also eligible: Union Jack 102,
Leopold 107
Weather cloudy, track heavy.
•Appr. ntfce allowance claimed.
AT BUTTE.
FIRST Futurit? course, selling. 3
yeat olds and up No Quarter 111,
Originator 110, Gibson 107, Error 107,
club out of It.
Can Alperman do it?
. Blessed if we know.
Blessed if ANYBODY knows.
He hasn’t done anything with
the shattered remains he inherited
from Charley Hemphill. But then
John McGraw, or Connie Mack, or
Charley Frank, or Jawn Ganzel —
all tolerably successful managers,
in their humble way—would prob
ably not have done one whit better.
The question that the baseball
association must decide is: Can
Alperman take a lot of good mate
rial next spring and make a win
ning ball club out of it?
After they’ve answered that one,
they must ask themselves: “If not,
who can ?”
There are always plenty of can
didates. Probably one out of every
hundred candidates would make a
passably good manager. Probably
one out of every ten thousand is a
manager."
TP HE trouble about this manager
1 business Is that It takes two
or three years for a man to be
come a manager, no matter what
his natural ability is. That rather
adds to the complications, as may
be observed.
• • •
J T may be said in conclusion that
the Crackers got away with a
game yesterday—and they did it
with no less a pitching authority
in the box than Al Demaree, Giant
to-be and the highest priced man
ever sold by a Southern league
team. More than that, they did it.
despite the fact that Al allowed
only two hits. A little wildness by
the Gull in the first Inning, a lucky
hit, a flicker in the infield and a
steal of the platter by Bailey, gave
the Crackers three runs and they
needed no more. Brady pitched
excellent ball and deserved what
he got. He allowed hits, all right;
but when times got troublesome he
steadied down neatly.
Thistle Belle 104, El Toro 103 Ulfrun
102, Florence Kripp 102.
SECOND—Selling. 4 1-2 furlongs,
maiden 2 year olds: Oconite 112. Kali
Inla 109, Mrs. Gamp 105, Bill Finn 105
Bashful Bettie 102, Sierra 102
1 HIRD Mile, selling. 4 year olds
and up: Lew Hill 109. Littleton 109
Great Jubilee 108, Dottie B. 107 Flying
105, Belsnfcker 105, Big Claim 105, Lord
'l o 3 ton 1051 k °Ko 103. Glenna Dean
FOURTH Handicap. 6 furlongs. 3
year olds and up: “Lochlel 124
Caughhill 120. “Spohn 117. Amoret 113’
Kootenay 110, Lady Panchlta 99 Dr
Dougherty 94 “Bedwell entry). '
FlFTH—Selling. 4 year olds and up.
mile: Hawley 112, Ossian 112, Obliv
ion 109. Voting 109, Quick Trip 109,
Cabin 109, Tippy 107. Beatrice Soule
107. Marigot 107, Chareta. 103.
SlXTH—Selling. 5 1-2 furlongs. 3
year olds and up: Little Jane 111
Lady Macy 111. ‘Rue 106, Nello 104'
Joe Knight 103, Aunt Alice 101.
‘Apprentice allowance claimed.
YACHTS IN FIRST HEAT
OF INTERNATIONAL RACE
CHICAGO. Aug. 10.—Skippers and
crews of the sloop Patricia of the Roy
al ( anadlan Yacht club at Toronto and
the Michicago of the Chicago Yacht
club were at work early today putting
finishing touches on their vessels be
fore sailing the first heat of the race
for the Great Lakes international cup.
The boats were scheduled to cross the
starting line on a ten and a half-mile
triangular course at 11 o'clock.
The race marks the beginning of a
water carnival in which both sailing
and motor boats will take part.
It will take five days to fight out the
battle for the Great Lakes cup. The
yachts will sail twice around the tri
angular course on the first, third and
fifth days. <>n the second day the? w ill
sail an eighteen - mile windward route
and on the fourth day an eighteen-mile
leeward course.
Rube Marquard Will Clean Up
$35,000 if Giants Cop Pennant
By James Clarkson.
THAT baseball can make real
fortunes for owners of major
league clubs has been dem
onstrated time and again. That it
can do almost as well for ball play
ers is about to be proven by Rube
Marquard, this year’s sensation in
a pitching way. Ability and appli
cation are requisites when it comes
to making money, but the combi
nation possessed by Rube—ability
and luck—is the happiest.
That Marquard has ability few
can doubt after his feat in winning
nineteen straight victories. No one
outside of New York will admit
that he is the best of the game's
left-handers. The general opinion
is that the other famous southpaw,
Rube Waddell, in his best days,
outclassed the New' Yorker in me
chanical effectiveness, and that
Rucker, Plank, White and Sallee
have been or are just as good as
McGraw’s Rube. But the general
public overlooks the fact that sev
eral of Marquard’s triumphs were
flukey, that he has been hit hard
and that his shut-out victories have
been scarce. And the general pub
lic is what counts in a money
’sense.
Lucky To Be With Giants.
Rube is lucky in that he is pitch
ing for New York instead of Bos
ton. St. Louis or Brooklyn. He is
lucky to be with a winner with a
team of heavy hitters, which makes
victories easy for him. Nothing but
the Giants' downfall in the race for
the pennant can prevent Mar
quard's making more money than
ever was accumulated before in a
single year by a ball player. If
the Giants repeat and, then capture
the world's championship, so much
the better. Rut if they only suc
ceed In getting the National league
flag and if Marquard can pitch one
good game in the big series his for
tune is made.
In the* first place, there is his
salary. Because of the fact that
he was of very little use to the
Giants for three years, the chances
are that his annual stipend is not
more than 34,500, if it is that much.
But there will be a bonus thia year
for him amounting to at least
31.n0n. Then. New York sporting
men have promised to reward him
for his great work, and it is safe
to say he will be presented with at
least another $2,000 by them. In
addition, he will be given an au
tomobile. whether he is chosen as
the National's most valuable man
or not. If the sporting writers do
not elect him his friends will. The
world’s series split will net him
either $2,700 or $3,500. depending on
the Giants’ success or failure.
$22,000 in Vaudeville.
And then conies the real money.
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On the best of authority it is
learned that one of the vaudeville
syndicates has offered Marquard a
22 weeks engagement at a weekly
salary of SI,OOO. This offer holds
good only if New' York wins the
pennant, so you may' rest assured
that at least one member of the
Giant pitching staff is pulling
against the Cubs.
If the Giants hold their lead to
the end, Marquard’s earnings for
one year will easily reach $35,000.
If they win the big title, he will
make more than that. Further
more, he will be tn a position next
spring practically to name his own
terms. Let Rube’s luck, or part of
it, hold out for another season or
two and it is safe to say that his
baseball career will mean at least
SIOO,OOO to him. Marquard is still
a young man, and if he takes care
of himself there is no reason why
he should not last seven or eight
years more. He can not hope to go
on as long as Mathewson has, for
he hasn't the ability to conserve his
strength when it is not needed.
This Is undoubtedly Rube’s best
year, and it is up to him to make
the most of it.
In Minors Six Years Ago.
Six years ago Marquard was
pitching for the Canton club in the
Central league at the princely sal
ary of $125 per month. Every
batter in that circuit had a whole
some respect for him, but the al
most unanimous verdict was that
he would never “stay up” in the
big show because of his awkward
ness and his weakness In fielding.
In those days Rube never dreamed
of the good fortune aw'altlng him.
He was content to go along win
ning a Mg majority of his games
and taking his frequent scoldings
from mates and manager. Yes.
Rube was "bawled out" just as oft
en in the bushes as he has been
since McGraw took hold of Mm,
and it was undoubtedly his early
teaching that made him take Mo-
Graw’s abuse so calmly.
Well, as every one knows, he
came up, was sent back and came
up again. He isn’t graceful nor a
good flelder today, and there are
those who say he would be out
plowing but for his luck, but he is
getting more money than an over
whelming majority of us and ha
has taken enough verbal punish
ment to deserve it.
JOHN WILLE KNOCKS OUT
ELLIS IN THIRD ROUND
NASHVILLE. TENN.. Aug. 10.—John
Wille. Chicago heavyweight, knocked
out Fred Ellis, of San Francisco, last
night, in the third round of a sched
uled eight-round bout. They furnished
a fierce scrap while it lasted.